The Latest Breaking News from ACT Policing

Adelaide electrician convicted of diverting power for cannabis crop has registration cancellation overturned

An electrician who illegally diverted electricity from the grid to grow cannabis at his southern Adelaide home will keep his operating licence, with a tribunal overturning a decision to cancel it.

ABC News · Jun 23, 2022

ACT to decriminalise small amount of drugs

The ACT is pushing ahead with the decriminalisation of small amounts of illicit drugs, with possession to be subject to a simple drug offence notice.

AAP · Jun 9, 2022

Canberra barristers blame ACT's falling criminal conviction rate on 'cowboy' police who rely on illegal evidence

The ACT Bar Association says "dodgy" officers who fail to collect evidence lawfully are partly responsible for failed prosecutions.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

Former Australian and world champion junior rock climbers allege they were sexually abused by their coach

Sophie Vivian, Jessie Orrell and Libby Hall all left toxic environments at gymnastics. They took up rock climbing and thought they were walking away from the pain, but instead, they said they encountered something worse.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2022

Nation records 69 Covid deaths as hospital numbers fall – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2022

ACT has nation's fewest police per capita but Canberrans feel safer than other Australians

ACT residents feel safer than most Australians and are less likely to be victims of crime despite having the fewest police per capita, but the police union warns that under-funding is harming officers' well-being.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

Man dies in Canberra's south as car crashes off bridge and into stormwater drain

The ACT records its second road fatality in the space of a week, after a man died when his car crashed off a bridge and into a stormwater drain in Canberra's south.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2022